India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has opened up about the emotional challenges she faced ahead of her match-winning knock that propelled the Women in Blue into their third ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final. She revealed that she went through anxiety during the early phase of the tournament and often called her mother in tears to cope with the pressure.

It was a superb return to form for Jemimah, who was dropped from the India side earlier in the tournament before finding her best with excellent unbeaten knocks against New Zealand and then Australia.

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Jemimah put in a magnificent effort with the bat, scoring her first Cricket World Cup century (127 off 134 deliveries) as India chased down a record total of 339 in Women’s ODI history here at the at Dr. DY Patil Stadium.

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